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BoóK
III.
Royal
Commentaries.
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This Plot was
fo
publály ta!ked of o~er all the Cicy of
Los Rey~1,
and that che
people of
Chili
defigned to kili che Marquis, that his Friends gave him
fair
no–
tice and warning of che Treafon intended, to whom, as
Carate
reports, he made
this Anfwer.
" Thaic
che
Chief Heads
of
_chaf placm would guard his ;. and fo ,liccle did he
" feem
to
be concemed Jor
rus
o'wn fafety , that he would frequendy
walk
" .abroad, áttfflded onely with a fmgle Page, to certain Mills, which he had fet .
" up without the City. · And .when he
,w~
asked why he took nor his Guards
"· w,ich him, he replied, he
wmild'
not hav.e ,d,ie World .believe that he appre–
" hended any ifear, o,r int~ncli:rd tu feaure·himfelf foom che Lawyer
Vaca -de Caftro,
" who was comiog, as
W{!S
rép0hed, wi,.mmiffiop to
fü
in
Judgmem upon
'' him; for which reafon;
arid
farther
mu[~
che Marquis, che people of
"
Chili
gave out, that
Vaca de Ca/lro,
was:id
d1.
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,
"
le
happened one day that
J/ohn dt:
Rm,
·
with fome few Attendants , wenc
" and made a 'viút
to
che Marquis; wbom finding in a Garden, he asked him
" che reafon why his Lordíhip intepded to
put
him and his Frieads
to
Death:
" Whercrunto
the
Marquis Ibáde
Anfwe,r;,iwJith
an Oacñ, >that he qever had any
" fuch intenci0n; bue that on the contrant,. ic 1~:ight ratlier
be
fufpe<5ted thac
, '' .they defigned to
kili
him , fince
thé¡¡
haclibought Armno rhat purpofe; to
" which
'fohn de
&da
made·Anfwer, Tlñíwic was not firange, that fince his Lorcl–
" íhip had bought Lances, if they
íhoiíld
.provid~ t:hemfelves with Coats of
','.Mail for their Defence. To
w.hich
lD.a,Jd;,,Saying
ht was encouraged, in con–
·'' fidence of foui:ty-Men¡ whioh he had ,tl-\eb}ying
in
w.úunot.far frorui him, and
~' •well armed.
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Ánd farther he ·added,
'li'wtn
in
cafe his Lordíhip was jealous of
" rheir praéti.ces, he defved ónely leavb·
for
Dpn
·Diego
-de;
.4/magro,
and
bis
Com–
"·::panions, to rfttite out of the Councrey. ,·The·M,ar$]iSibeing far from taking
" chofe Wor&s
in
t:he
~ora
1fenfe, 11>r c©m!~iving ,fufpicion thereby, bue com–
,, ¡:,affionating their conéfüioa,
hé affurrtd.hirn
,witm
mikt aad ohliging W0rds,
,~: than 'fhofei Lahc€5·weré
ñot
1*}.nght wi&h de[ign or füd iotentión?gainíl: them:
'
.., With. which gadwing
foine
Orañges
r
he·
prefenttd lhem to
¡ahn
Je
Rada·,
" which w€re dleemed :fhr.a
ruáofity
arl
.dnat
time, 'being the
firft,
and che moft
ce,
early fruit,Jand with all cok! him
iü.
di~
Puhlick ·heáring ofthofe then prefenr,
' '' that he íhbuld'confidcrr; and actquaint,m-·wich
,vñác·
he flood
in
need, and it
~'d h©uld be ¡tr@Vided for
hím.
rohhiie,r~1tda
1.Gffingliis Hands for the favomr,
~' left the Mar,qqi,5 well aiw~<!li of
his
trae
1and honelLrneaning, ancl without jea–
:' loufie; or
11h6"-leafi
füfpidon of ·a Plot againO: fos
Life;
and
fo
retired
'to
fuis
" Lodging, where he
niet
with tñe principal Ccmfpiratours, . and with them
'f,
agreed,
~rufo
[mee
trhey
baal
miífed of their
Defiga 't6
hl:11
hirn
011
Midfümmer
" Day, than
it
'íllmild nowlh>e perpetrated oo the Sanday follo:wing.
Thus far
{:arate,
che w.~ich,is ,omírm~d by
Lopé<!.
de
Gomara
11nhis manner.
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" The _good Marquis (fays he) was as careleís of his Safety, ·and as litde a.p–
t'
prehenfive ·of any Mifchief from the people of
Chili,
as tbey were intent and
'' folicitous to comrnit che Att. Howfoever they thought
fit
to defer the Execu–
tion untill the coming of the Judge, and had feen the manner whereby he inten-·
ded to proceed.
.
'
,
This Delay of t~e
A!magrians
gave time to
Antonio Picado,
Secretary to the Mar–
quis, to evidence nis Refentmenc with rage and fodignation againft thofe of
Chili,
for the irnpudenc affiont offered
to
the Marquis, and himfelf, by the Ropes
which chey had faftened
to
the Pillory, as we bef9re mencioned; but fince this
was rather a matter of Threatning, and an Indication of what they defigned to
att, had noc their Fear and Cowardife reíl:raj.ned them , the Secretary in fcorn
and concempc of whac they were able to perform, took out of bis Cap a certairi
Medal of Gold, richly enameled , wich a Finger fcornfully pointing, with this
Moteó,
'Ibm
mnch for thofe of
Chi!i. With whicI. thefe angry Souldiers were
fo
far incenfed , that they refolved to precipitate the Defign, and to kili che
Marquis
bcl.o¡e
che anival of the
J
udge; fo that now they afüd more publickly
than l;>efore; 'by which meaos the Plot coming
to
the knowledge of a Priell, he
gave notice to the Márquis of che manner .how, and of che time when chis
Aífaffination was to be commicced; all which the Marquis communicated to
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